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20 Jun 2013

Maggie
Jones has been a landmark in Kensington for over forty years, and has embraced
a cult following amongst the area's locals as being one of the best places to
dine. With its black and bright orange sign, it is not hard to miss as you walk
down Kensington Church Street. The ambience of the restaurant is reminiscent of
a fairytale with its warm, rustic and romantic décor. The dining rooms on both
ground and first floors are adorned with lavender baskets, antiques and picture
frames hanging all over. The place is truly a delight, albeit slightly
overwhelming and dark to dine in (but the good kind of overwhelming). The menu
offers the best of both British and French food and on my last visit, which was
on a Sunday, they were serving the fixed Sunday roast menu. The menu includes a
starter, a main dish and a dessert. For my starter I ordered the asparagus with
hollandaise and my brother ordered the prawn cocktail salad. Both were good,
but did not manage to excite us; the asparagus was neither cold nor warm but the
hollandaise sauce was good, although a bit too runny; it could stand to be a
bit thicker. Moving onto the main dish, we both opted for the roast beef, which
came served with the usual Sunday roast trimmings of Yorkshire pudding and
grilled vegetables. The roast beef was tender and delicious and the portion was
extremely generous. For dessert my brother ordered vanilla ice cream with
chocolate sauce and I ordered the apple crumble with vanilla ice cream. I would
definitely recommend Maggie Jones but I would suggest anytime other than Sunday
lunch as the menu is too restrictive and doesn’t offer their best a la carte
dishes that can be ordered at any other time.